Epithelial barrier function of the filtering bleb conjunctiva and the cornea after trabeculectomy with mitomycin C

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 233-236

  Taniguchi, Toru ^a   Yamamoto, Tetsuya ^a   Mochizuki, Kiyofumi ^a   Haque, Mohammad Sabbir Reza ^a   Kitazawa, Yoshiaki ^a   Yokoi, Norihiko ^b   Komuro, Aoi ^b   Kinoshita, Shigeru ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epithelial barrier function; Fluorophotometry; Mitomycin C; Trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIBIOTIC; FLUORESCEIN; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMOSURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA; FEMALE; FLUOROPHOTOMETRY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRABECULECTOMY;

EID: 0029817782     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00061198-199608000-00003     Document Type: Article

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